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Triplets...unusual for sure, surely a good reason to be the last of ten. Poor Fannie. What happened to Greathel...no married name...no death date...I'm sure you can't leave that ? mark alone for long.PS...hope all's well w/you...missing your replies.Sue CollectInTexasGalAtoZ LoneStar Quilting Bee

Oh Sue -- I feel terrible. Such a nice comment. This is really a case of Life vs Blog. My daughter has gotten engaged so I'm busy with plans for the wedding, which means I have to unload the "hell room" so I can paint and recarpet in preparation for guests, plus I was away for the weekend. I haven't visited anybody or commented or responded and I'm B.E.H.I.N.D.!!! Wah Wah Wah. The first coat of paint is on the ceiling, so I'm taking a break to catch up with comments.

I worked for three very busy obstetricians in the 70's. None of them had ever delivered triplets (or quads, quints, etc.) so one of them finally declared "the first set of triplets I deliver will be free!" I stayed in touch with him for many years after I left and to my knowledge, those free babies never arrived. Just goes to show you how rare triplets really are.

Thank you, Wendy, for your comment on my Sepia Saturday posting and for introducing me to your A-Z challenge. I love your theme and the photograph of the triplets is beautiful. Christian names have always fascinated me - the fancier the better and as a child I used to make lists of names I came across in stories. It did pass my mind as a possible A-Z theme, but all my family have ordinary names and I had no images to back up the words. So you have made a grand choice and I look forward to reading more.

10 children in those days is not unusual but triplets is. I hadn't thought about that until now. I suppose that it would have been difficult for all 3 to survive back then. There were a lot of twins in our family and quite often one of them would die.

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